STUART CAREER TECH H S

Located at 300 YMCA DR, in BAYTOWN, Texas, STUART CAREER TECH H S is an intimate 9-12 campus that instructs 597 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within GOOSE CREEK CISD, which oversees 34 schools and 24,032 students, STUART CAREER TECH H S is one campus in the system.

Demographically, STUART CAREER TECH H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% White, 10% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, STUART CAREER TECH H S records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at STUART CAREER TECH H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STUART CAREER TECH H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 49.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which STUART CAREER TECH H S is one.

The closest other public school is STERLING H S, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STUART CAREER TECH H S at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. STUART CAREER TECH H S's enrollment has increased 696% since 2018, when it stood at 75 (now 597). Class-load math has rose: from 3.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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